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United States Patent | 6,243,249 |
Farman ,   et al. | June 5, 2001 |
An electronic assembly is provided that has a housing receiving a motherboard arranged, in use, to carry control circuit components, and a circuit board carrying a lightning strike protection circuit, said circuit board including a first electrical connector, and the assembly further including a flexible cable electrically connected to the motherboard, the cable including a second electrical connector arranged to cooperate with said first electrical connector to electrically connect the lightning strike protection circuit to the motherboard, said first and second connectors being accessible from outside of the housing. The assembly may be used in aerospace applications.
Inventors: | Farman; Brian Frederick (Solihull, GB); Webster; Steven John (Dosthill, GB) |
Assignee: | Lucas Industries plc (GB) |
Appl. No.: | 312530 |
Filed: | May 14, 1999 |
May 23, 1998[GB] | 9811062 |
Current U.S. Class: | 361/118; 361/827; 439/59 |
Intern'l Class: | H01C 007/12; H02B 001/20 |
Field of Search: | 361/111,117,118,600,627,633,679,683,56,728,736,826,827 439/44,52,55,59,63,92 |
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